Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Order Ophiurida > Suborder Ophiurina > Infraorder Gnathophiurina > Family Ophiactidae > Genus Ophiopholis

Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiopholis*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	accepted genus name
*Polypholis*	Duncan, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Ophiocoma bellis*	?Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Ophiolepis scolopendrica*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Polypholis echinata*	Duncan, 18??	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): kameleonslangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: crevice brittlestar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Crevice Brittlestar sources: Charles Hussey

French: ophiure pâquerette sources: Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.

Norwegian: kameleonslangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kameleonslangestjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12: 1101

Norwegian Nynorsk: kameleonslangestjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12: 1101

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kameleonslangestjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: mosaikormstjärna

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (223 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)
GenBank (40 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Stöhr, S. (2014). Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T. & Thuy, B. (Eds) (2014) World Ophiuroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125125